Time Machine Freezes up

While doing a regularly scheduled backup, the backup stalls at about 20 meg and doesn't go any further. I have to then kill the backup. Then I have to go into the folder and trash the in progress file. Then empty the trash, restart my MBP and then start the backup all over again. This happens about once a week. Does anyone know why this occurs and what can be done about it? It's just a bit annoying.

Grandpa2 wrote:
Then I have to go into the folder and trash the in progress file.
Don't do that. Time Machine will "recover" a failed or cancelled backup on the next run. And, under some circumstances, that can corrupt your backups.
It sounds like something on your internal HD may be corrupted. Verify it, per #A5 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
And repair your backups, also per #A5.

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Welcome to Apple discussions.
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Thanks, James:
The latest backup attempt did ultimately freeze. I'm posting this very long system log for you, from the time I changed the TM exclusion for the System folder through the forced restart. Anything you see that would be helpful in cleaning this up would be appreciated:
Oct 26 06:20:01 Macintosh-5 com.apple.backupd[11372]: System files exclusion changed.
Oct 26 06:20:52 Macintosh-5 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.netauth.sysagent[11430]): Exited with exit code: 255
Oct 26 06:25:51 Macintosh-5 com.apple.backupd[11372]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 8.81 GB requested (including padding), 810.44 GB available
Oct 26 06:33:35 Macintosh-5 ntpd[31]: time reset -0.202794 s
Oct 26 06:46:21 Macintosh-5 osascript[11598]: Error loading /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: dlopen(/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:\n /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
Oct 26 06:46:25 Macintosh-5 osascript[11701]: Error loading /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: dlopen(/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:\n /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
Oct 26 07:06:46 Macintosh-5 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[175] (com.apple.AddressBook.abd): The following job tried to hijack the service "com.apple.AddressBook.abd" from this job: [0x0-0x143143].com.apple.AddressBook.abd
Oct 26 07:18:53 Macintosh-5 SubmitDiagInfo[12664]: Submitted crash report: /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RetroRun2009-10-25-200611localhost.crash
Oct 26 07:18:55 Macintosh-5 SubmitDiagInfo[12664]: SubmitDiagInfo successfully uploaded 1 diagnostic messages.
Oct 26 07:20:03 Macintosh-5 com.apple.backupd[11372]: Copied 2.6 GB of 6.9 GB, 41298 of 110014 items
Oct 26 07:43:03 Macintosh-5 [0x0-0x14a14a].org.mozilla.firefox[12749]: Debugger() was called!
Oct 26 08:06:46 Macintosh-5 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[175] (com.apple.AddressBook.abd): The following job tried to hijack the service "com.apple.AddressBook.abd" from this job: [0x0-0x154154].com.apple.AddressBook.abd
Oct 26 08:20:03 Macintosh-5 com.apple.backupd[11372]: Copied 4.1 GB of 6.9 GB, 112381 of 112381 items
Oct 26 08:22:50 Macintosh-5 com.symantec.uiagent.application[211]: Notification: 0
Oct 26 08:22:50 Macintosh-5 com.symantec.uiagent.application[211]: Notification: 4
Oct 26 08:22:50 Macintosh-5 com.symantec.uiagent.application[211]: Notification: 9
Oct 26 08:22:50 Macintosh-5 com.symantec.uiagent.application[211]: Notification: 13
Oct 26 08:22:50 Macintosh-5 com.symantec.uiagent.application[211]: Notification: 18
Oct 26 08:22:50 Macintosh-5 com.symantec.uiagent.application[211]: Notification: 22
Oct 26 08:22:50 Macintosh-5 com.symantec.uiagent.application[211]: Notification: 27
Oct 26 08:22:50 Macintosh-5 com.symantec.uiagent.application[211]: Notification: 31
Oct 26 08:22:50 Macintosh-5 com.symantec.uiagent.application[211]: Notification: 36
Oct 26 08:22:50 Macintosh-5 com.symantec.uiagent.application[211]: Notification: 40
Oct 26 08:22:50 Macintosh-5 com.symantec.uiagent.application[211]: Notification: 45
Oct 26 08:22:50: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Oct 26 08:22:50 Macintosh-5 com.symantec.uiagent.application[211]: Notification: 50
Oct 26 08:30:06 Macintosh-5 Mail[13024]: Mail: SafetyNet not needed - wrongState:0
Oct 26 08:30:06 Macintosh-5 Mail[13024]: Mail: SafetyNet issued SELECT before IDLE - wrongState:0
Oct 26 08:30:08 Macintosh-5 Mail[13024]: Mail: SafetyNet not needed - wrongState:0
Oct 26 10:14:17 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: * launchd[1] has started up. *
Oct 26 10:14:24 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.symantec.Sched501-2.plist): Unknown key: SchedName
Oct 26 10:14:24 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.symantec.Sched501-4.plist): Unknown key: SchedName
Oct 26 10:14:24 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.symantec.Sched501-6.plist): Unknown key: SchedName
Oct 26 10:14:25 localhost DirectoryService[16]: Improper shutdown detected
Oct 26 10:14:38 localhost mDNSResponder[22]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-212.1 (Jul 24 2009 22:34:12) starting
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Oct 26 10:14:39 localhost configd[19]: network configuration changed.
Oct 26 10:14:39 Macintosh-5 configd[19]: setting hostname to "Macintosh-5.local"
Oct 26 10:14:39 Macintosh-5 com.apple.kextd[15]: Load com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport failed; removing personalities.
Oct 26 10:14:41 Macintosh-5 configd[19]: network configuration changed.
Oct 26 10:14:48: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Oct 26 10:14:43 Macintosh-5 fseventsd[47]: event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (44899 30 50198)
Oct 26 10:14:43 Macintosh-5 fseventsd[47]: log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: EDBBC560-8FD9-4B9F-8D9E-880ACC23BE2E
Oct 26 10:14:44 Macintosh-5 /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[43]: Login Window Application Started
Oct 26 10:14:44 Macintosh-5 com.apple.SystemStarter[37]: Starting Sophos Anti-Virus
Oct 26 10:14:44 Macintosh-5 com.apple.SystemStarter[37]: Starting Sophos AutoUpdate
Oct 26 10:14:46 Macintosh-5 bootlog[53]: BOOT_TIME: 1256573652 0
Oct 26 10:14:46 Macintosh-5 Parallels[86]: Loading kernel extension prl_hypervisor.kext
Oct 26 10:14:47 Macintosh-5 com.apple.usbmuxd[36]: usbmuxd-176 built for iTunesNine on Jul 20 2009 at 13:06:53, running 32 bit
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Oct 26 10:14:48 Macintosh-5 Parallels[110]: Loading kernel extension prlusbconnect.kext
Oct 26 10:14:48 Macintosh-5 Parallels[115]: Trying to load kernel extensions, exit status: 0
Oct 26 10:14:48 Macintosh-5 Parallels[118]: Starting Parallels networking...
Oct 26 10:14:48 Macintosh-5 Parallels[121]: Loading kernel extension prl_netbridge.kext
Oct 26 10:14:48 Macintosh-5 Parallels[126]: Loading kernel extension prl_vnic.kext
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Oct 26 10:14:50 Macintosh-5 blued[54]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started
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Oct 26 10:14:51 Macintosh-5 SystemStarter[37]: The following StartupItems failed to start properly:
Oct 26 10:14:51 Macintosh-5 SystemStarter[37]: /Library/StartupItems/RetroRun
Oct 26 10:14:51 Macintosh-5 SystemStarter[37]: - execution of Startup script failed
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Oct 26 10:15:01 Macintosh-5 SymSharedSettingsd[132]: Settings server starting up.
Oct 26 10:15:01 Macintosh-5 com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon[64]: objc[71]: Class QMacSoundDelegate is implemented in both /Library/Parallels/Parallels Service.app/Contents/MacOS/libQtGui.4.dylib and /usr/local/lib/libprl_sdk.dylib. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Oct 26 10:15:01 Macintosh-5 com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon[64]: objc[71]: Class QNSMenu is implemented in both /Library/Parallels/Parallels Service.app/Contents/MacOS/libQtGui.4.dylib and /usr/local/lib/libprl_sdk.dylib. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Oct 26 10:15:01 Macintosh-5 com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon[64]: objc[71]: Class QNSStatusItem is implemented in both /Library/Parallels/Parallels Service.app/Contents/MacOS/libQtGui.4.dylib and /usr/local/lib/libprl_sdk.dylib. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Oct 26 10:15:01 Macintosh-5 com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon[64]: objc[71]: Class QNSImageView is implemented in both /Library/Parallels/Parallels Service.app/Contents/MacOS/libQtGui.4.dylib and /usr/local/lib/libprl_sdk.dylib. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Oct 26 10:15:01 Macintosh-5 com.symantec.navapdaemonsl[60]: (kernel) Kext com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm not found for unload request.
Oct 26 10:15:01 Macintosh-5 com.symantec.navapdaemonsl[60]: Failed to unload com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm - (libkern/kext) not found.
Oct 26 10:15:03 Macintosh-5 com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon[64]: No suitable device found for PVS1.
Oct 26 10:15:06 Macintosh-5 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.parallels.vm.prl_naptd): Unknown key for boolean: SuccessfulExit
Oct 26 10:15:06 Macintosh-5 loginwindow[43]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Oct 26 10:15:06 Macintosh-5 prl_naptd[166]: Starting Parallels Network Daemon
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Oct 26 10:15:06 Macintosh-5 configd[19]: network configuration changed.
Oct 26 10:15:06: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Oct 26 10:15:06 Macintosh-5 loginwindow[43]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
Oct 26 10:15:06 Macintosh-5 loginwindow[43]: USER_PROCESS: 43 console
Oct 26 10:15:06 Macintosh-5 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[171] (com.apple.ReportCrash): Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
Oct 26 10:15:07 Macintosh-5 com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon[64]: Configuring en4...
Oct 26 10:15:07 Macintosh-5 com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon[64]: No System Preferences changes required.
Oct 26 10:15:07 Macintosh-5 com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon[64]: Configuring en5...
Oct 26 10:15:07 Macintosh-5 com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon[64]: No System Preferences changes required.
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Oct 26 10:15:12 Macintosh-5 configd[19]: network configuration changed.
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Oct 26 10:15:12 Macintosh-5 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[171] ([0x0-0xc00c].com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent[221]): Exited with exit code: 1
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Oct 26 10:15:12 Macintosh-5 com.parallels.desktop.client.launch[211]: objc[211]: Class QNSMenu is implemented in both /Library/Parallels/Parallels Service.app/Contents/MacOS/libQtGui.4.dylib and /usr/local/lib/libprl_sdk.dylib. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Oct 26 10:15:12 Macintosh-5 com.parallels.desktop.client.launch[211]: objc[211]: Class QNSStatusItem is implemented in both /Library/Parallels/Parallels Service.app/Contents/MacOS/libQtGui.4.dylib and /usr/local/lib/libprl_sdk.dylib. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Oct 26 10:15:12 Macintosh-5 com.parallels.desktop.client.launch[211]: objc[211]: Class QNSImageView is implemented in both /Library/Parallels/Parallels Service.app/Contents/MacOS/libQtGui.4.dylib and /usr/local/lib/libprl_sdk.dylib. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Oct 26 10:15:14 Macintosh-5 WindowServer[77]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Oct 26 10:15:14 Macintosh-5 com.apple.WindowServer[77]: Mon Oct 26 10:15:14 Macintosh-5.local WindowServer[77] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Oct 26 10:15:17 Macintosh-5 com.symantec.uiagent.application[210]: objc[210]: Class XVariableHeightTextField is implemented in both /Library/Application Support/Symantec/SymUIAgent/PlugIns/ConfidentialDataAlert.bundle/Contents/MacOS /ConfidentialDataAlert and /Library/Application Support/Symantec/SymUIAgent/PlugIns/FileSecurityAlert.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Fil eSecurityAlert. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.

Time machine freezing after fresh re-install because of recovered corrupt files

Hi,
I have a Mid 2009 15" MBP running 10.8.2. Recently, my HDD crashed. And my time machine backup on an external HDD failed to mount (perhaps the backup was also corrupt?). I made an image using Disk Drill just in case and got a new HDD from Apple Support. They put in a new HDD and "recovered" my data. Now, the comp was behaving very very funny, freezing suddenly a few minutes after boot, requiring a hard shud-down and frequent kernel panics. So, I copied some of the important data in my Users folder and did a fresh install of ML on the new HDD. I also got a new external HDD and formatted it propoerly and copied back the files onto the fresh install of ML. At this point, I realised that there were certainly some files there that were corrupt(?) because, the copying back caused hanging a couple of times. Anyway, now the comp works just fine, but as soon as I begin a time machine backup, it completely freezes (just like before requiring a hard shut down), after less than a GB backing up. Please help me.

Hate to tell you this but the 2009 model MBPs were built, assembled, with a very cheaply made HDD to Logic board cable and your original drive may be fine and the cable is the thing that is failing.
I suspect this because once a drive fails it is near impossible to get any useful data off it. So if Apple was able to copy your files from the old drive to the new one that drive is probably still OK. And that you are now still having problems with the brand new drive.
No the problems you are having can not be caused by just having corrupted files store on the drive. The only files that are accessed by the operating system, while booting and running the computer, are those operating system files and whatever programs you are running. even if a program access those corrupted files it would not cause problems with the OS but may crash the program that is opening them.
As for TM not working that again is a sign that the cable is bad because TM can't copy the files to its backup over that bad cable.

Time Machine Freezes During Initial Backup

I have a 500gb external Western Digital HDD I am trying to use as my Time Machine backup drive. The computer I'm using is a 24" iMac with about 250gb of data on it. The external drive is partitioned as a GUID / Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
When I try to run the initial backup, it will randomly freeze during the process. Sometimes it gets halfway through the backup and freezes, other times, right away. Sometimes there is an error, other times there isn't.
I have tried re-partitioning the drive many times, manually starting the backup and also letting the backup start on its own. All of my applications are closed when the backup begins, but no matter what I do, I cannot get the initial backup process to complete.
Ironically, I had the same problem on ANOTHER iMac of mine, with the same model Western Digital drive. The backup would freeze randomly during the initial process but I would keep manually re-starting the backup until it magically finished the backup. Now that computer seems to be working fine.
However, I still can't get this other iMac to work. I find it strange that two separate computers with two separate 500gb Western Digital drives would have the same problem with Time Machine, unless the problem is with Time Machine itself.
Any ideas out there how to resolve this?

Bruno321 wrote:
However, I still can't get this other iMac to work. I find it strange that two separate computers with two separate 500gb Western Digital drives would have the same problem with Time Machine, unless the problem is with Time Machine itself.
Why do you assume it's TM, not WD?
There are many possibilities.
Did you completely erase the drive before formatting it? Sometimes the utilities, etc., that come on new drives can interfere with TM.
Is your iMac an Intel? If it's an older PPC, you need the Apple Partition Map, not GUID.
Is this USB or FireWire? USB is often much slower and less reliable.
If it's USB, does it have it's own power, or does it draw from your Mac? Often there's just barely enough to run a drive; if you have another USB peripheral, it can take enough power to interfere with the disk.
Does it have an automatic "spin down" feature? If so, can you disable it?
Does it have the latest updates? I thing I saw a post here recently that a WD update fixed, but I can't find it now.
Are you running any anti-virus scanning? If so, exclude your TM drive from it.
Sometimes excluding it from Spotlight as well, at least during a large initial backup, can prevent conflicts between TM and Spotlight.

Time Machine Freezes During Backup!

Hi there,
When I back up my computer for the first time using Time Machine, it gets to around 53.2 GB. After that, it sits there with the blue progress bar at the same level. Then, i get a message that says I did not eject the disk properly, and then Time Machine alerts me that it could not finish the backup. NOTE: When it says the disk has not been ejected properly, I still see the disk in both Finder and disk utility. Also, I currently have the disk in 2 partitions, but I'm only using the Mac OS X (Journaled) partition for my Time Machine backups. Please help! Like I said, it seems to eject my external hard drive (Hitachi 250 GB Simple Drive) after freezing up for a while. I am able to use other things on my computer the whole time. The only application that was open during the backup was iTunes. Here is the log from Time Machine buddy:
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/External HD/Backups.backupdb
Backup content size: 142.3 GB excluded items size: 30.7 GB for volume Macintosh HD
No pre-backup thinning needed: 133.85 GB requested (including padding), 213.91 GB available
Waiting for index to be ready (101)
Copied 48.9 GB of 111.5 GB, 250192 of 667394 items
Stopping backupd because the backup volume was ejected!
Stopping backup.
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:* -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/********/Library/Mail/IMAP-********@******[email protected]/INBOX.imapmbox/Attachments/3234/2 to /Volumes/External HD/Backups.backupdb/*******’s MacBook/2011-03-12-104926.inProgress/A8B8FCD0-3EA2-4A4D-B313-4A9EE0C56252/Macin tosh HD/Users/********/Library/Mail/IMAP-*********@********[email protected]/INBOX.imapmbox/Attachments/3234
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:* -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Copied 259985 files (49.5 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:* -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Copy stage failed with error:11
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:* -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Backup failed with error: 27
Thank you so much!
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As a first step, launch Disk Utility, select the backup volume, and run "Verify Disk" (NOT "Repair Disk"). It will take a long time to run, maybe hours. If any errors are found, copy all data on the device to another drive, then run "Repair Disk." Be prepared for the possibility that "Repair Disk" may destroy the volume beyond recovery. It may also fail to repair the damage, in which case you should replace the device -- DO NOT erase it and continue to use it.

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====== Console output======
10/23/12 12:14:48.677 AM com.apple.backupd[1052]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
10/23/12 12:14:48.700 AM com.apple.backupd[1052]: Ownership is disabled on the backup destination volume. Enabling.
10/23/12 12:14:49.283 AM com.apple.backupd[1052]: Forcing deep traversal on source: "Macintosh HD" (mount: '/' fsUUID: 6C558E68-8F4B-337F-8BB6-6721988887F1 eventDBUUID: 54A53EDD-B4AA-4C26-830B-37AE17F0CA69)
10/23/12 12:14:53.278 AM coreservicesd[24]: Received request to reset fmod watch. Latest received id is 14820719323154. Latest sent id is 14820719323154
10/23/12 12:14:53.463 AM com.apple.backupd[1052]: Backup content size: 440.85 GB excluded items size: 20.16 GB for volume Macintosh HD
10/23/12 12:14:53.464 AM com.apple.backupd[1052]: Found 1095112 files (420.69 GB) needing backup
10/23/12 12:14:53.465 AM com.apple.backupd[1052]: 504.83 GB required (including padding), 7.41 TB available
10/23/12 12:14:53.471 AM com.apple.backupd[1052]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
10/23/12 12:15:31.916 AM mdworker[1136]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
10/23/12 12:15:31.977 AM sandboxd[1137]: ([1136]) mdworker(1136) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
10/23/12 12:15:32.000 AM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1137) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
10/23/12 12:16:01.962 AM mdworker[1142]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
10/23/12 12:16:02.019 AM sandboxd[1143]: ([1142]) mdworker(1142) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
10/23/12 12:16:02.000 AM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1143) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
10/23/12 12:17:03.350 AM mdworker[1153]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
10/23/12 12:17:03.355 AM mdworker[1154]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
10/23/12 12:17:03.433 AM sandboxd[1155]: ([1153]) mdworker(1153) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
10/23/12 12:17:03.441 AM sandboxd[1155]: ([1154]) mdworker(1154) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
10/23/12 12:17:03.000 AM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1155) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
10/23/12 12:18:17.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:17.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:17.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:17.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:17.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:17.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:17.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (463)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (128)
10/23/12 12:19:04.717 AM mdworker[1168]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
10/23/12 12:19:04.721 AM mdworker[1167]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
10/23/12 12:19:04.782 AM sandboxd[1169]: ([1168]) mdworker(1168) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
10/23/12 12:19:04.788 AM sandboxd[1169]: ([1167]) mdworker(1167) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
10/23/12 12:19:04.000 AM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1169) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
=====

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode* and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Shut down your computer, wait 30 seconds, and then hold down the shift key while pressing the power button.
When you see the gray Apple logo, release the shift key.
If you are prompted to log in, type your password, and then hold down the shift key again as you click Log in.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
*Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t boot in safe mode.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

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